Star Wars: Edge of the Empire
The confession that’s going to get me fired from this website: I’m not that into Star Wars. I sure don’t like dislike it, Continue Reading
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Rolling D&D Stats is Bad For You, a Reprisal
I’m starting a 13th Age campaign with my group (which includes a few Dorkadia folks) and I couldn’t be more excited. We just finished a Continue Reading
The Secret Sauce, Part 3
Welcome once again to The Secret Sauce, Dorkadia’s irregularly scheduled trip into the winding depths of roleplaying. Last time around, we went through some basic Continue Reading
The One Ring: Adventures Over the Edge of the Wild Review
It is a tricky thing, capturing existing stories in roleplaying games. As Reuben said, all of Western fantasy has its roots inextricably tangled up in Continue Reading
The Secret Sauce, Part II
Welcome back to Dorkadia’s intermittently continuing series, “The Secret Sauce,” discussing how you can get a little bit of tasty roleplaying into your gaming experience. Continue Reading
A Classy Evening with Cards Against Humanity
We’re repeating this article as so many of you have been asking about what fun game to give folks who aren’t RPG gamers – Enjoy! Continue Reading
A Fast and Furious Review of Savage Worlds: Deluxe Edition
Savage Worlds isn’t a first choice. It’s not one of those super-massive RPGs that pull you out of a normal existence and into the orbit of Planet Continue Reading
The Christmas RPG Gift Guide
RPG enthusiasts are a hard group to buy for. Our games are intimate things that exist more in the bonds between each other than in Continue Reading
Don’t (Do) Read This Book
The genesis of Don’t Read This Book is in Don’t Rest Your Head, a tabletop game from Evil Hat Productions. The premise: a surreal metropolis Continue Reading
Roleplaying, the Secret Sauce: Part 1
Probably one of the most awkward experiences I’ve had with all my clothes on is trying to explain the idea of “roleplaying” to someone who Continue Reading
Faster GM Prep for Fun and Sanity
As I had written before, I had set three personal goals for my new 4E Eberron campaign. The most important goal was to not stress Continue Reading
Your First D&D Experience
About a year ago, I was recruited into an excellent Dungeons and Dragons game. It had recently lost a player after the game had been Continue Reading
On the Diving Board: A New 4E Campaign Checklist
Finally! My group and I are jumping into a long term campaign, run by yours truly. We’re diving into Eberron, my favorite published D&D setting, Continue Reading
Rakdos Intolerant
I have returned to Ravnica, even though I’ve never been there in the first place. Saturday saw the Pre-release Event for the new Magic Continue Reading
InSpectres: A Peek into “Ghost Adventures” Table Top
Having hosted a few successful evenings of Fiasco (the perfectly palatable link between “traditional gaming” and “touchy-feel-y story gaming”) I’ve been looking for more out-of-the-box games Continue Reading
Romancing the Monkey Man: Og Unearthed Edition
This past Friday my friends and I gathered around a table for some serious roleplay. We got our character sheets out, our dice out, pulled Continue Reading
Dungeon Command at PAX 2012
I didn’t play as many board games this year at PAX when compared to previous years; the expo floor exuded a surprising gravity. The one Continue Reading
Delicious Diet D&D: Descent: Journeys in the Dark Second Edition
After years of mooching off of my friends, I’m in the process of starting a board game collection of my own. I’ve nailed down a Continue Reading
Tenderpaw: GM Lessons from the Guard
As I had written, I started running the Mouse Guard Roleplaying Game for my group three weeks ago. The first few sessions were bumpy. Quite Continue Reading
Tenderpaw: Starting the Mouse Guard Roleplaying Game
Shout it from the mountain tops: I finally get to play the Mouse Guard Roleplaying Game. Despite owning the books, I have yet to try Continue Reading